Foot-rest for reclinlng-ch



(No Model.)

G. W. MUNSHOWER.

FOOT BEST FOR REGLINING CHAIRS.

No. 333,659. PatentedJan. 5, 18861 INVENTOR Geoge Zflflma/wwen WITNESSES1172s- .11 ttorneys.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE \V. MUNSHOWVER, OF BOWLING GREEN, OHIO.

FOOT-REST FOR RECLlNlNG-CHAIRS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,659, dated January5, 1886.

Application filed October 7, 1885. Serial No. 179,246. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE IV. MUN- SHOWER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bowling Green, in the county of Wood and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Extension Foot-Restsfor Reclining-Chairs, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in extension foot-rests forreclining-chairs; and it consists in the peculiar construction andcombination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter,and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of areclining-chairprovidedwith my improved foot-rest. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view. Figs.3 and 4 are detailed perspective views. Fig. 5 is a detailed sectionalview on the linexxof Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 3 yof Fig. 2.

A represents a reclining-chair, which may be of any preferredconstruction. On the under side of the bottom of the chair, at the sidesthereof, are secured guides B, having inward lyextending tongues G.

D represents arectangular frame composed of the longitudinal side bars,(2, which are made of iron, and transverse connecting end bars, 01,which are made of wood. In the outer sides of the side bars are madegrooves (1*. The frameD slides under the bottom of the chair, thetongues O entering the grooves d, to guide the frame as it is moved backor forth. Stops E depend from the under sides of the side bars neartheir inner ends.

F represents metallic brackets having vertically-extending shanks f,which extend up through the chair-frame at the front side thereof, theupper ends of these shanks being screwthreaded to receive clamping-nutsf, for securing the brackets in place. The brackets have outwardlyextending shoulders f at their upper ends, through which pass screws fthat enter the under side of the chair-frame, and at thelower ends ofthe brackets are formed inwardly-extending tongues f that enter underthe side bars of the extension sliding frame to support the latter.

G represents a foot-rest, that is supported in the frame D. The outersides of this footrest are rabbeted on their upper sides, and theserabbeted portions are covered by metallic straps H, forming grooves I inthe sides of the foot-rest.

In the inner sides of the outer ends of the side bars of the frame D aremade recesses d Metallic straps d are secured on theinner sides of theside bars, and are bent around the ends of the front cross-bar andsecured thereto. Hinge-plates L are pivoted at their lower outer cornersin the recesses (1 and said hinge-plates have inwardly-extending tonguesZ at their upper sides, that enter the grooves I in the foot-rest, toguide the latter as it is drawn out from or pushed into the frame D, andfrom the lower edges of the said hinge-plates depend guide-extensions Z,having bent stops Z at their lower ends, which serve to limit the angleat which the foot-rest may be turned when the frame D is extended. Bythis construction it will be seen that the frame D may be extended fromthe bottom of the chair, and that the footrest slides in the frame andis capable of being tilted and extended outward to any desired angle orlength therein, thus forming a pleasant support for the feet or thelower portions to receive the tongues, and the brackets F,

having the tongues f at their lower ends, the threaded shanks f, and theshoulders j", as set forth.

3. The combination, with the chair, of the extensible frame D, thefoot-rest G, having grooves I, the plates L, hinged to the frame D, andfitting at their upper edges in the grooves Land having stops Z providedbelow the frame D, to limit the inclination of the foot-rest, as setforth.

4. The combination of the chair, the extensible frame D, secured to thebottom thereof,-the In testimony that I claim the foregoing as groovedfoot-rest in the frame, and the hinge my own I have hereto affixed mysignaturein plates pivoted to the frame and having the presence of twoWitnesses.

'tongues entering the grooves in the foot-rest, GEORGE W. MUN SHOWER. 5and the depending extensions having" the stops Witnesses:

for limiting the angle to which the footrest FRANK A. BALDWIN,

may be inclined, substantially as described. MORRIS VVALKER.

